Inquiry Based Learning in HPE
David Inglis
Student Success 7-12
Learning Coordinator:
Health and Physical Education K-12
Learning Coordinator:
Business Studies
Thames Valley DSB
Nicki Keenliside
Instructional Leader -HPE
Toronto District SB
Deb Lawlor
Curriculum Consultant-HPE
Ottawa Catholic School Board
Rebecca Richardson
Instructional Program Leader -
HPE
Halton DSB
Learning Goals
● to develop a deeper understanding of the inquiry process
● to develop a process to implement
inquiry based learning in HPE
● to develop a deeper
understanding of how the
inquiry approach leads to
skill acquisition and engagement
Norms
● Stay engaged
● Experience discomfort
● Speak your truth
● Expect and accept nonclosure
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Video: A boy, a dog and a puddle
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How are the boy’s actions like the
inquiry process?
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What is Inquiry ?
RAN Use your organizer to identify
“What you think you know”
about inquiry-based learning.
page 18,19
Heinemann Publishing
Youtube channel
Observe
Infer
Wonder
Inquiry in HPE
Activity: Post IT , Pile IT
What is Inquiry?
Inquiry Based Learning- Overview
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How is Inquiry Based Learning different?
Traditional learning: Focused on mastery of content
Teacher centered -teacher is dispenser of information and skill processes
Much of assessment is focused on “one right answer”
Gaining of new knowledge or skill through
experience, practice or study
Inquiry Based Learning
Focused on using and learning content as a means to
develop information processing and problem solving skills
Student centered -teacher is more guide
or facilitator of learning
Emphasis on “how we come to know”
Student is more involved in the
construction of knowledge through
active involvement
Begins with a wondering, a problem, a
challenge or a question
Pause -What actual percentage of your total contact time with student this year was spent as Dispenser of knowledge? Facilitator of learning?
Types of Inquiry
Structured Teacher chooses question Teacher provides framework and resources
Types of Inquiry Guided Teacher chooses question Student chooses direction and method of their inquiry. Teacher guides through feedback and asking more questions to lead student in right direction
Types of Inquiry Open Student chooses question and design Student conducts research independently
Gradual release of responsibility
Developing Inquiry Questions (How do I know if the question I create is essential and will provoke
inquiry?)
An Essential Question will be successful if it meets two criteria:
● If it is phrased in such a way to be interesting
and compelling to students
● If it gets after enduring understandings from the discipline
being studied - whether science, social studies, or the arts, or
an integration of these.
from: Inquiring Minds Learn to Read and Write, p. 45
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Questions Are The Fuel That We Need To Help Us
Develop As Thinkers
Are all wars
bad?
What is the
best type of
power?
Is the school
system fair?
What makes a good
friend? What is well
being?
What is
diversity?
What does it mean
to be Canadian?
When should we fight?
How can I make my community a better place to live?
What is beautiful?
What is kind?
What is good?
Who should lead?
Who should follow?
Is there a best way
to learn?
Sort & Categorize Questions
A good question... ● Is an invitation to think ( not recall, summarize)
● Come from genuine curiosity and confusion about the world
● Makes you think about something in a way you never considered before
● Invites both deep thinking and deep feelings; leads to more questions
● Asks you to think critically, creatively, ethically, and reflectively about
essential ideas in a discipline -Adapted from Barrell, John Developing More Curious Minds, ASCD (2003)
Ranking Ladder to Determine
Importance
A Good Question:
● is an invitation to think (not recall, summarize, or detail)
● comes from genuine curiosity and confusion about the world
● makes you think about something in a way you never considered before
● invites both deep thinking and deep feelings
● leads to more questions
● asks you to think critically, creatively, ethically, productively, and
reflectively about essential ideas in a discipline
● is open-ended; typically there is no final, correct answer
● points towards important, transferable ideas within (and sometimes
across disciplines)
● requires support and justification; not just an answer
● recurs over time; the question should be revisited
Considerations —Avoid “leading” questions which suggest an answer Should violent teens face harsher punishments than adults?
Try to use neutral questions which are less biased
Is justice the same for teens and adults?
End a conversation
— Don’t lead to deeper understanding
—
— Open a conversation
— Develop critical thinking
Using Graphic Texts -
Infographics and Archival Images
as Provocations
Formulating a Good Inquiry Questions
In groups of 3-4 choose one of the infographics on the table
Using the criteria created, formulate your own inquiry
questions that focus on the HPE specific concepts
Pairs Feedback
•Exchange questions with another person
•Apply the criteria for a good inquiry question and
give some feedback for the group
Self Assessment/ Debrief
—Apply the feedback to your inquiry question(s)
—
“Why is this stage so important
for student learning?”
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